How to beat Galan, aka Galactus

Jabrony_Geoff

Apparently Tis the season of goodwill to all men and women.

With that in mind Team Marvel puzzle quest have decided to throw the planet eating Son of gun Galactus in our direction.

People are downloading MPQ all the time, these people are finding the forum for the first time.

As from tomorrow these heroes and villains are boosted.


12/22/16 - 12/29/16) *New Update*
4* - Venom (Agent Venom), Iceman, Iron Man (Hulkbuster), Nick Fury, Peggy Carter
3* - The Hood, The Hulk (Indestrucible), The Punisher (Dark Reign), Thor (Modern), Vision
2* - Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Captain Marvel (Ms. Marvel)
1* - Hawkeye (Classic), Spider-Man (Original)

To help the newcomers still not familiar with moving around the forum, and those facing the planet devourer for the first time.

How do you beat GALACTUS ? ....and with whom?

Jarvind

Punisher is a great one to use for any boss since he can instakill anyone below 40% with his red maxed. On early rounds it won't matter much, but in later rounds you can effectively skip 20k+ health.

Hulkbuster will wreck face boosted, so if you have him just put him out there with Iron Fist and let him break Galactus's everything.

In the 3* arena I understand Hulk-bombing (use Hulk + Patch, fire Patch green, let Hulk take damage and cause massive cascades/AP generation) works pretty well for Galactus. You could also use Capt. Marvel and Cyclops as a poor man's Fistbuster.

Calnexin

Easy answer - Ghost Rider penanace stare. Pair him with black boosters - Iron Fist, Dr. Doom, maybe Mystique if you don't have the other two. Bring health packs.

Other than that - anyone with board destruction. From the boosted
- Hulk green
- Punisher green
- Vision red (w/out density, still weak)

You shouldn't restrict yourself to boosted - anyone that can remove those absorption tiles is beneficial and can buy you a turn or two. 3* Storm, Magneto, Beast, 2* magneto (fully covered blue),

On the 4* tier, Iceman is not as useful as usual, as Galactus is immune to stun. I don't know if Peggy will short his power - if so, it buys you maybe a turn. Hulkbuster's punch can do some serious damage, but you need to bring someone along to expedite it. 3* Cyc is the only one that comes to mind. 3* Cpt Marvel, would fill this roll if she's tanking, but with HB she's probably only tanking yellow if they're both champed.

bbigler

A Winfinite / Tile Destruction Team is best: ProfX, GSBW, SWitch - OR - XFW, Magneto, Loki - OR - Hulk, KK, 2*Storm

A Board Control team could work too: Quicksilver, Star Lord, Switch = Switch generates purple for Sleight of Hand to cover up 3 CD tiles, QS Idle Hands can match CD tiles too

A Retaliation team could work I think: 4*Deadpool, Capt Marvel, OML/Patch = tank with Logan or Marvel to trigger Deadpool, add Strike tiles

An AP Drain Team could work I think: She Hulk, Cho, KK = generate 12 to 18 green to use Furious Charge repeatedly until his Black AP pool is back to 0.

An AP Theft Team could work I think: Hood, Wasp, Iron Fist = add black tiles so that Hood and Wasp always steal Black from Galactus.

An airborne team might work: Nova, Cyclops, IMHB = use IMHB and Cyclops to produce red for Nova to constantly throw Galactus airborne (I believe he can be thrown)

A Bagman team might work! (this would be an epic win if it works): Bagman, Kingpin, Switch = Switch produces Blue and Purple, Kingpin uses Purple to produce Yellow, Bagman uses Yellow to increase countdown tiles, Bagman uses Blue to lock CD tiles. This should stall for a long time so you can kill him with match damage.

What doesn't work:
Stunning - Galactus is immune to stun
Invisibility - Galactus' board destruction and AOE will laugh at you
Nick Fury's Demolition - Galactus does not match tiles
Peggy Carter's Legendary Presence - does not increase 28 AP Devourer of Worlds power beyond 30 AP
StarLord's Everyone with Me - does not trigger on Galactus' passive abilities to generate AP
Dr Strange's Flames of the Faltine - does not trigger on Galactus' passive abilities to generate AP

Karabraxos

bbigler wrote:

What doesn't work:

Nick Fury's Demolition - Galactus does not match tiles

Thank you for the great post

Just a little correction. Galactus doesn't match tiles, but Countdown tiles going off can cause matches. It is a long shot but possible

matthatter

Because my memory fails me when it comes to remembering what worked in previous runs, I was hoping to start a conversation of best practices when it comes to this event.

All I really remember is:
- deny black
- match the cosmic tiles
- board shakers - good

Things I can think of that would be helpful:
- bring Peggy along for the ride

Questions I have:
- does he match tiles?
- is black his strong tile or does it default to the top color because they are all the same strength?

Please, add to this list, answer, disperse of your vast knowledge and experience. Also, I want to link this post for my relatively young alliance mates.

fmftint

matthatter wrote:

Things I can think of that would be helpful:
- bring Peggy along for the ride

Nope

- Powers that increase the amount of AP required to activate a power will no longer increase it beyond the maximum AP a character can have.

matthatter

fmftint wrote:

- Powers that increase the amount of AP required to activate a power will no longer increase it beyond the maximum AP a character can have.

Didn't they lower the 30 AP requirement to fire off his kill them all power on the last run though?

I ask, as my aforementioned memory fails me.

halirin

Hulk with 5 green, kk with 3 green, professor x with five blue.

That one is good once countdown do enough damage to trigger your hulk. Before that, almost any team can be effective.

WEBGAS

I am not sure if could be sent airborne (I doubt so)
so I will go for

Asap you get enough damage , Penance Stare will end the battle

fmftint

matthatter wrote:

fmftint wrote:

- Powers that increase the amount of AP required to activate a power will no longer increase it beyond the maximum AP a character can have.

Didn't they lower the 30 AP requirement to fire off his kill them all power on the last run though?

I ask, as my aforementioned memory fails me.

Yes, to 28. Peggy will likely not even get you 1 extra turn

royalflush95

I'm using GSBW (4/4/5), Iron Man and Punisher. All of them 3 . It works well, however, in later rounds, boosts may be needed.

sambrookjm

So far, X-Force Wolverine and Iron First as a black generator. Surgical Strike is an absolute monster with a boosted XFW.

Would Invisible Woman's reworked Invisibility save your other two team members? She's the only one that is invisible due to a tile on the board.

DarqFeonix

I'm amazed that OBW isn't mentioned. She's always my go-to vs Galactus, increasing those countdowns so the Big G has nothing to absorb. And then stealing AP quite often

You can't go wrong with OBW, Hulk, Mohawk, even in those later rounds. Use Mohawks Green, and it becomes nearly winfiite.

clay_peterson

If Gwenpool sends her own teammates airborne, would they survive G's black?

Jabrony_Geoff

clay_peterson wrote:

If Gwenpool sends her own teammates airborne, would they survive G's black?

Very good question, however I'm going to Say no as the planet eaters black ends the current game.

rainkingucd

As others have said, IF / boosted XFW works great. I'm also loving boosted 4*Cyke / IM40. Note: Cyke's blue does not gather cosmic tiles.

Moon Roach

I just tried the airborne team, Rocket Man has no effect.

mckauhu

Elektra might become handy too. I was thinking maybe using Elektra and IronFist then maybe Hulkbuster for maximum effect + defense.

johnmcclane

Jabrony Geoff wrote:

clay_peterson wrote:

If Gwenpool sends her own teammates airborne, would they survive G's black?

Very good question, however I'm going to Say no as the planet eaters black ends the current game.

IIRC from the last Galactus rush being airborne saves you - not sure though

SirLanik

Funnily enough, I've been using Xforce Wolverine, 3 star Cyclops, and 2 star Black Widow to great success.

Wolverine black is enough to end the fight if I get to fire it. Widow will steal purple and blue on match, and her blue of course can stall the fight considerably, and since galactus gets all colors, her purple can steal enough for your other abilities.
Cyclops yellow into red is as basic of a combo as you can get, and it's just as effective against Galactus as any one else. Wolverine green is respectable damage and great board shake, often resulting in 3 or 4 matches.

At very high rounds I may have to change it up, but so far this combo has resulted in a win every time, and I take almost no damage.